(KMJ) – A crackdown on illegal street racing within the city of Fresno took place this past weekend. Here are the details, as shared by Fresno Police: Sunday evening, our Motor officers worked the Bringing Fulton Back Cruise. Unfortunately, rowdy street racing groups eventually joined in. Traffic stops resulted in multiple citations and impounded vehicles.…… MORE
Images Released of Tower District Robber
(KMJ) — The Fresno Police Department has released surveillance photos of a suspect they say vandalized a thrift store. The crime happened on Thursday March 17th around 5:30 in the morning at the Neighborhood Thrift Store located on East Olive Avenue in Fresno’s the Tower District. The suspect smashed eight windows with a metal baseball…… MORE
New American Beef Trade Agreement With Japan
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the U.S. and Japan reached an agreement that will help keep more American beef flowing into Japan. Both countries agree to increase the beef safeguard trigger level under the U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement. The Hagstrom Report says it’s now less likely that U.S. exports…… MORE
Reward Offered to Help Solve Fresno Murder
(KMJ) – Family and community members have raised thousands of dollars in reward money for tips leading to an arrest in a November 2020 murder in Fresno. Here are the details, as released by the Fresno Police Department: November 25, 2020, just after 9:15 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of East Fedora…… MORE
College-Bound Madera High School Student Killed on Motorcycle
MADERA,CA (KMJ) Grief counselors were made available to students, staff and the community at Madera High School on Thursday, after a student was killed on his motorcycle. Madera Police said Roberto Lopez died in a solo accident Wednesday morning on Olive Avenue near Sixth Street in Madera. The 19-year-old was a student-athlete at Madera High…… MORE
Ocean Shipping Reform Makes Progress
The Senate Commerce Committee supports passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act. According to the the National Milk Producers Federation and the U.S. Dairy Export Council, that committee support calls for action to address shipping supply chain challenges. Jim Mulhern, President and CEO of National Milk Producers Federation says, “Export supply chain issues continue to…… MORE
Madeleine Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies
WASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84. President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top diplomat in 1996, and she served in that capacity for the last four years of the Clinton administration. She had previously been Clinton’s ambassador…… MORE
Farmer Share Of Food Dollar Increases
The farm share of the food dollar increased one cent in 2020, according to new data from USDA’s Economic Research Service. On average, U.S. farmers received 16 cents for farm commodity sales from each consumer dollar spent on domestically produced food in 2020, up from a revised 15 cents in 2019. Known as the farm…… MORE
National Ag Day
Today is National Ag Day, celebrating American agriculture. In his proclamation of National Ag Day, President Joe Biden writes, “I call upon all Americans to join me in recognizing and reaffirming our commitment to and appreciation” of American agriculture. The Association of Equipment Manufacturers is highlighting the technology and innovation in agriculture on the National…… MORE
Suspects Accused of Assaulting and Robbing Pregnant Woman in Clovis
(KMJ) – Clovis Police make a pair of arrests after a pregnant woman was assaulted and robbed at gas station in the city of Clovis. Here are the details, as released by Clovis Police: Monday morning, Detectives arrested two suspects who robbed a pregnant woman at Nees and Willow on March 18, 2022. That is…… MORE
